Christmas in the Collection

Merry Christmas everyone. We hope that just like the young fellow pictured with Father Christmas at the Shell Club party (December 1960), you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

2016 was a big year for the Performing Arts Collection. There were 6 exhibitions, dozens of displays, a design forum, hundreds of research enquiries, 35000 catalogue records created and updated, and the Australian Music Vault was launched.

To celebrate this great year, we’ve assembled a special ‘more-is-more’ collection of Christmas in the Performing Arts Collection. Please enjoy!

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Arts Centre Melbourne's Performing Arts Collection is the national leader among specialist performing arts collections in Australia. Established in 1975, it is formally recognised as a State collection and encompasses the history of circus, dance, music, opera and theatre. The Collection features over 640,000 items including costumes, designs, photographs, set models, puppets, props, posters, programs and archives.
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Arts Centre Melbourne is the proud custodian of Australia's leading Performing Arts Collection.

"Not some boring, dry, museum; but a living, growing entertainment for the whole family. The Performing Arts Collection is a treasure trove of the Australian performing arts." - Barry Humphries, Patron.

Established in 1975, it encompasses the history of circus, dance, music, opera and theatre. The Collection now holds over 640,000 items including costumes, designs, photographs, set models, puppets, props, posters, programs and archives.